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now is not the time for israel to launch an attack. so the president made his case and netanyahu basically went back to israel, where the majority of public opinion is against preemptive strike, so i think for the moment the war drums have quieted. >> let's put that question to the president. sir, did you tell what she said to the israel prime mininetanya visit this week? >> i'm not going into details of my conversation with prime minister netanyahu. but what i said publicly doesn't differ greatly from what a said privately. israel is a sovereign nation that has to make its own decisions about how best to preserve its security. i'm deeply mindful of the historical precedence that weigh on any prime minister of israel when they think about the potential threats to israel and the jewish homeland. >> question, so are netanyahu and the israelis sufficiently reassured? rich? >> no. it's a pretty transparently cynical attempt on the part of the administration to say just enough to try to reassure netanyahu without really committing ourselves
now is not the time for israel to launch an attack. so the president made his case and netanyahu basically went back to israel, where the majority of public opinion is against preemptive strike, so i think for the moment the war drums have quieted. >> let's put that question to the president. sir, did you tell what she said to the israel prime mininetanya visit this week? >> i'm not going into details of my conversation with prime minister netanyahu. but what i said publicly doesn't...
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so fix the economyamerica's mediam problem is israel and iran. united states and israel have to see eye to eye on how to deal with iran. if they don't israel could be tempted to go off and start a war with iran that we have to finish . closest relationship is between romney and netanyahu. they have known each other 40 years. they are on the same page . may not always agree but on the sameparage. who is the foreign minister. kasistan. romney can get henry kissinger who opened china and did the first middle east . get george shut whereand jim baker have them be a wise man committee to vet the foreign policy picks are from the cabinet it is a great foreign policy choice because it shows that america can solve the problems and we are back. >> the idea of america exceptionalism and in a talk before the council of foreign relations. obama doesn't think that america is an exceptional. is this idea of america bigger and stronger than everybody play in the national security going forward? >> yeah. and john, that is the key point f. you look around the wor
so fix the economyamerica's mediam problem is israel and iran. united states and israel have to see eye to eye on how to deal with iran. if they don't israel could be tempted to go off and start a war with iran that we have to finish . closest relationship is between romney and netanyahu. they have known each other 40 years. they are on the same page . may not always agree but on the sameparage. who is the foreign minister. kasistan. romney can get henry kissinger who opened china and did the...
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office determined to make israel part of his foreign policy. he took a harder line on palestinian settlements in israeli territories. >> i talked about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we're stopping the building of outposts. >> that angered many israelis, especially benjamin netanyahu. and many addresses to turkey and egypt without a stop in israel further exacerbated that relationship. the push for middle east peace has been stuck ever since and that rocky personal relationship with net tatt tanya hoo. >> the president is prepared to make generous compromises for peach. it cannot go back to the 1967 lines because these lines are in defensible. >> still, at least in public, they seem to have moved on. >> as i have said to the prime minister in every single one of our meetings, the united states will always have its back when it comes to its security. >> jerusalem is israel's capital, a final peace agreement should include what's called a two-state solution, israel living alongside palestine, and iran must be stopped from buildin
office determined to make israel part of his foreign policy. he took a harder line on palestinian settlements in israeli territories. >> i talked about the need to stop settlements, to make sure that we're stopping the building of outposts. >> that angered many israelis, especially benjamin netanyahu. and many addresses to turkey and egypt without a stop in israel further exacerbated that relationship. the push for middle east peace has been stuck ever since and that rocky personal...
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american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as that's called is completely imprison the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it see to what you've done you took it off a thousand you hi i'm going to sort of jump in with. a thousand new homes being constructed that is no small project indeed off to the election whether it's romney or obama in the white house to do you would you expect the white house to to make any notes about this to make any statement about a thousand new homes being built in occupied territory. no on the contrary i think that the administration will always say they were against it because that's what they have to say it's pro forma but in fact when biden was here might bring this up because it was in his face biden is the pro israel spokesperson in the obama administration he was here israel announced the building of a thousand new housing units in the west bank completely humiliating by why because it w
american congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as that's called is completely imprison the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it see to what you've done you took it off a thousand you hi i'm going to sort of jump in with. a thousand new homes being constructed that is no small project indeed off to the election whether it's romney or...
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congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins. billions of dollars are at stake for the british prime minister on a low key arms sales towards the gulf states david cameron's aim to sell around one hundred typhoon fighter jets to clients with controversial records on human rights research about to be paced believes the potential deals are against british law. well certainly the revelation of cameron contrary to his normal form is only taking one camera man with him certainly does raise questions and certainly there are cameras should be embarrassed about sacked if he's in the middle east right now what we're seeing is that the interests of international arms companies appear to be trumping british laws and british values when it comes to upholding human rights .
congress support that israel has from both political parties and it doesn't care anymore it will do this in the light of day israel has eliminated the two state solution as it's called it's completely imprisoning the palestinians and no one in the world is going to speak up against it so it doesn't matter really if it's opportunistic or not the point is that israel wins. billions of dollars are at stake for the british prime minister on a low key arms sales towards the gulf states david...
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there's a real sense of tension here in israel and more about what israel will do about it. april, may, june, he said. very unusual for such a high ranking official to give a timetable to something as serious as a strike against a nuclear facility or facilities. what israeli government has been saying for some weeks now is that they believe that the iranians are developing nuclear weapons. they've kept a strike on the table. the question is to whether all of this can put diplomatic pressure on iran or whether they mean to do it. >> as president obama orders the troop removals from iraq, if israel does attack iran, would the u.s. jump in, do you think? >> well, israel and the u.s. have a very important long standing strategic relationship. certainly lawmakers we have interviewed in the recent days say they will stand by any israeli decision to strike iran. the problem is the u.s. doesn't want this right now. they've publicly stated, various officials in the u.s., that the last thing they want is for israel to rush off a military strike against iran. they are dealing with a vo
there's a real sense of tension here in israel and more about what israel will do about it. april, may, june, he said. very unusual for such a high ranking official to give a timetable to something as serious as a strike against a nuclear facility or facilities. what israeli government has been saying for some weeks now is that they believe that the iranians are developing nuclear weapons. they've kept a strike on the table. the question is to whether all of this can put diplomatic pressure on...
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they became close over the issue of israel. adelson found a very powerful ally in newt gingrich and been a loyalist ever since. i don't think it's an issue where adelson like some donors have a particular problem with mitt romney, but newt's his guy, so newt is reaping the benefits of that. without it, he would have been dead in the water after iowa. >> as far as we know just to make clear, what he is doing is perfectly legal under citizens united, correct or under current campaign law. >> exactly. >> is there any reason people should think if this guy gives so much money now during the campaign that he would have an impact on god forbid, a newt gingrich in the wide house presidential policy. >> for the one issue that adelson seems really passionate about, it's hard to imagine, he and newt are sort of of the same mind frame. it's not like he's buying newt's views on this. you can imagine a megabillionaire who found a candidate who didn't necessarily share his views, gave him the money he needed to win the presidency and that ca
they became close over the issue of israel. adelson found a very powerful ally in newt gingrich and been a loyalist ever since. i don't think it's an issue where adelson like some donors have a particular problem with mitt romney, but newt's his guy, so newt is reaping the benefits of that. without it, he would have been dead in the water after iowa. >> as far as we know just to make clear, what he is doing is perfectly legal under citizens united, correct or under current campaign law....
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when that moment approaches, israel, and any government israel, would attack 'cause it cannot live with an iranian nuclear weapon. >> i think the israelis made it quite clear that this is their intention. i agree with charles, sort of the timing and the purpose of panetta giving us a time line and a calendar of when it could happen. it's really surprising. clearly the obama administration is engaged with the israelis right now about the extent of our role. there is planning underway certainly by the israelis. they've really made that -- they haven't been shy about it. but why he would say this, give us a time frame is very strange. i don't think that any american would be surprised by the news that this happened, but to say to the iranians perhaps, you have this amount of time, it's really strange. >> there is a story in the "new york times" magazine this weekend with some great detail about where the israelis are in their thinking about the iranian nuclear capacity and in that story, they suggest that the israelis are ready to go and the third of three arguments that this author makes
when that moment approaches, israel, and any government israel, would attack 'cause it cannot live with an iranian nuclear weapon. >> i think the israelis made it quite clear that this is their intention. i agree with charles, sort of the timing and the purpose of panetta giving us a time line and a calendar of when it could happen. it's really surprising. clearly the obama administration is engaged with the israelis right now about the extent of our role. there is planning underway...
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by israel to choke off gaza. this ladieads from gaza into an arab ally, that's egypt. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: while the air assault continues in gaza, while the violence increases, what's increased here is the anger by egyptians who want egypt and the government to step up and intervene. >> the people have changed, we have changed and we're not going to take that for -- we're not going to wait for the government move. we're going to take things in our hands and we're going to lead the government into certain positions that is required for egypt. >> reporter: there's roughly 500 protesters here. they have made a seven-hour journey from cairo. now they've lined up down the street, each of them are showing their identifications to security forces and then heading into gaza. we've asked them, when you think you'll come back. they say we don't know, we're just happy we're going in. are you scared? >> yeah, absolutely i'm scared. you hear bombs, you don't know what you're going in there for. but i
by israel to choke off gaza. this ladieads from gaza into an arab ally, that's egypt. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: while the air assault continues in gaza, while the violence increases, what's increased here is the anger by egyptians who want egypt and the government to step up and intervene. >> the people have changed, we have changed and we're not going to take that for -- we're not going to wait for the government move. we're going to take things in our hands and...
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is more vulnerable than israel if iran retaliates or launches a preemptive bomb plot. >> israel's relatively small, getting at israel is hard to do, and it has very for midable defenses for it. america has assets and vulnerabilities around the world. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting for us this morning. american government officials do not think iran has taken the final step to build a bomb, but they warn that decision may not be far off for iran. >>> don't forget, shoot me an e-mail, tweet me, let me know what you're doing or text to 622639 tchlt we'll read the best responses later in the show. >>> bill murray turns up on david letterman that is always good. this time with uniforms and field goal picking, especially good. >>> you heard newt gingrich going after president obama for his singing at the apollo theert. the first lady of the united states has a different view on her husband's performance. that clip and a check on weather when "way too early" comes right back. >>> the true of the shuttle columbia did not return safely to earth yet we can pray that all are safely home. nyquil:
is more vulnerable than israel if iran retaliates or launches a preemptive bomb plot. >> israel's relatively small, getting at israel is hard to do, and it has very for midable defenses for it. america has assets and vulnerabilities around the world. >> that was andrea mitchell reporting for us this morning. american government officials do not think iran has taken the final step to build a bomb, but they warn that decision may not be far off for iran. >>> don't forget,...
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assistance if school in the states and other parents taxes.id a judge denied metro's agency to post israel- signs. couldunusual that there be a tropical storm at this time of year. 70 degrees currently. beautiful. the average high should be 66. if there are some high clouds. we had a couple sprinkles along the mason-dixon line. will climb into the mid to upper 70's this afternoon. low 60's in boston. in chicago and minneapolis, showers and storms. south looks good. mid 80's in dallas. in san francisco on the west coast. tropics ink at the forecast ahead. >> there's a town hall plan how to keep ak at parkway fromy becoming a contest in nightmare. s heavy traffic, but no major delays. fairfax county leaders say bet's how they wanted to every day. at 7:00 and james robertson secondary school in .airfax tonight a crash injured a child and a morning commuting mass in loudoun county. you can see the video. leesburg wasd in in both directions vehicle crash two- which happens after 8:00. adults and a 3-year-old were the hospital. their injuries are not life- threatening. if you see a police presen
assistance if school in the states and other parents taxes.id a judge denied metro's agency to post israel- signs. couldunusual that there be a tropical storm at this time of year. 70 degrees currently. beautiful. the average high should be 66. if there are some high clouds. we had a couple sprinkles along the mason-dixon line. will climb into the mid to upper 70's this afternoon. low 60's in boston. in chicago and minneapolis, showers and storms. south looks good. mid 80's in dallas. in san...
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supportive of obama but that's very interesting because even though he's been probably lukewarm towards israel compared to his predecessors still he has a vast majority of of the jewish vote the catholic vote the so-called catholic vote which actually i mean that that that is flummery that is that is not genuine because the catholic church is so divided now there are so few catholics who actually live there catholicism there's no real catholic vote and when the church thought that so many of its followers would not vote for obama because of health care probably five the very most ten percent of catholics will be affected by those policies so it's going to be a very close run thing when as you say judging by what has happened the past two years in particular republicans should be walking it george you know it's so it's getting down to a campaign for obama to lose right i mean it's remarkably so we have this awful awful economy economy that we have never had in memory and he's still ahead in the polls it's extraordinary because we're told americans usually vote by their pocketbook. well i think
supportive of obama but that's very interesting because even though he's been probably lukewarm towards israel compared to his predecessors still he has a vast majority of of the jewish vote the catholic vote the so-called catholic vote which actually i mean that that that is flummery that is that is not genuine because the catholic church is so divided now there are so few catholics who actually live there catholicism there's no real catholic vote and when the church thought that so many of...
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he chose israel to go and say the president has lectured israel, i'm not going to do that. he chose poland, the same thing one of the president's first decisions was to pull the plug on the missile defense system eastern europe had been looking for mckinley, to protect it. he will do that and the goal is to go out and say i'm here and i'm going to return us to that traditional standpoint of america strength and backing our al allies. >> chris: how you substantial do you think the differen is in foreign policy between the president and romney and to what degree you think romney can make it clear to voters in a way that they would care about that he would run a different -- >> that is the obama administration criticism of romney right now is that the difference seems to be largery one of tone. it is not clear when you look at what he is proposing in terms of policy there is that big a difference even for example on iran where he is offering up a lot of tough talk but the obama administration has not ruled out military action. romney is saying sanctions with threat of military
he chose israel to go and say the president has lectured israel, i'm not going to do that. he chose poland, the same thing one of the president's first decisions was to pull the plug on the missile defense system eastern europe had been looking for mckinley, to protect it. he will do that and the goal is to go out and say i'm here and i'm going to return us to that traditional standpoint of america strength and backing our al allies. >> chris: how you substantial do you think the differen...
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about that weren't that he doesn't like in terms of president obama's policies towards iran towards israel or whatever the rest of the world likes those changes are mentioned don't want to go back. towards the interesting well you shall. go head gentleman michael if these ugly americans should be quiet i think european i mean. please with all due respect the patronize ing i went i've been to europe quite a lot and they love barack obama europe is a multi-dimensional multi-faceted country continent with all sorts of people some like barack obama some don't i think the chances are you met like many people when you went that if you went to the labor party conference in britain most of them would like barack obama at the tory party you have a different point of view europe is not the only place that matters here if you look at the middle east and the middle east is probably the know it is the most dangerous and unstable area at this point. i spent a lot of time in the middle east not spent two years of my life living there you will find people on both sides if you want to say there are two sid
about that weren't that he doesn't like in terms of president obama's policies towards iran towards israel or whatever the rest of the world likes those changes are mentioned don't want to go back. towards the interesting well you shall. go head gentleman michael if these ugly americans should be quiet i think european i mean. please with all due respect the patronize ing i went i've been to europe quite a lot and they love barack obama europe is a multi-dimensional multi-faceted country...
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includes a high percentage of evangelical christians who have been i don't you call connection with israel and an anti islamic ideology if i could say you have to add to that the fact of the one of romney's all the biggest campaign contributor for romney and his children sheldon adelson is a close friend of the our whole right wing israeli are close to the likud so it's only a one sided job if only those who are very very clear it's been very clear now for more than four years asserting that obama and netanyahu are not famous friends we've seen romney certainly pandering more towards israel during his campaign over the past couple of months before it got out of time mr brisk i must ask you one quick question the issue of afghanistan the graveyard of empires a place where mitt romney wants to keep the wall going your thoughts on that. well with respect to american military intervention and american military warfare i even believe that romney although he has this hawkish policy i think that romney also will be forced to reconsider any american military warfare any american military steps bec
includes a high percentage of evangelical christians who have been i don't you call connection with israel and an anti islamic ideology if i could say you have to add to that the fact of the one of romney's all the biggest campaign contributor for romney and his children sheldon adelson is a close friend of the our whole right wing israeli are close to the likud so it's only a one sided job if only those who are very very clear it's been very clear now for more than four years asserting that...
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from toyota. >>> here in aspen this weekend, israel's defense minister insisted that israel will act while it still can to stop iran from going nuclear and will not delegate that decision to the united states or anyone else. walter isaacson is president and ceo of the aspen institute. of course, author of the best-selling nonfiction book ever on steve jobs, and jeff goldberg is a national correspondent for "the atlantic" with me here as well. welcome both. jeff, you spent a lot of time talking about the israeli question and obviously, listening to the barack speech here as well. he made it very clear, bottom line, they're not waiting for anybody. he did say the u.s. and israel are on the same page, sort of on the same page, about how far iran has gotten. >> right. >> but not necessarily on the same page about how far we're willing to let them go. >> they agree about the past. they don't agree about the future i think is the issue and the challenge for the obama administration. they agree on intelligence. they believe iran is moving toward nuclear weaponization. they agree they're try
from toyota. >>> here in aspen this weekend, israel's defense minister insisted that israel will act while it still can to stop iran from going nuclear and will not delegate that decision to the united states or anyone else. walter isaacson is president and ceo of the aspen institute. of course, author of the best-selling nonfiction book ever on steve jobs, and jeff goldberg is a national correspondent for "the atlantic" with me here as well. welcome both. jeff, you spent a...
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israel offered muted congratulations. they had strongly supported romney. we're even hearing from the taliban in pakistan saying, you know what, obama and romney are pretty much the same enemy that we'll continue to fight. for obama, only hours after winning his next term, he's getting his first order of overseas business, at least courtesy of british prime minister david cameron who in a tweet today called obama his friend. he was interviewed on the border with jordan and syria and said that they must do something now. he wants balk's help to assist the people of syria to save them from the slaughter he said is going on there, to put more pressure on the assad regime and to help the rebels. lynn? >> now the work begins. michelle, thanks so much. affirmative action. smoking marijuana for pleasure and defining marriage. how did the states vote? >>> plus president obama's vision for america over the next four years and beyond in his own words. >>> a big storm exiting the east coast is going to affect travel all the way across the country. also, a new storm in
israel offered muted congratulations. they had strongly supported romney. we're even hearing from the taliban in pakistan saying, you know what, obama and romney are pretty much the same enemy that we'll continue to fight. for obama, only hours after winning his next term, he's getting his first order of overseas business, at least courtesy of british prime minister david cameron who in a tweet today called obama his friend. he was interviewed on the border with jordan and syria and said that...
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allies, particularly israel. and someone who is very different by nature with, compared with president obama. melissa: so what do you think he would do on day one that would stop iran in its tracks? >> he has himself said that he is ready to tough inch the sanctions which are already in place. and, i also believe that it would send sufficient signals to tehran they need to capitulate their nuclear program. they have absolutely no opportunity to once more use the delaying tactics to give some kind of negotiations in order to gain time. let's not forget. right now president obama's government is engaged in secret talks with iran. all that sends the wrong signals to the regime in tehran because they believe they can gain time having this kind of negotiations. melissa: i hear you but, say mitt romney were elected and came in with an iron fist. wouldn't that cause them to accelerate the timeline that we better do this quick and because the u.s. is not messing around and they get to the bomb quicker? >> regime has used
allies, particularly israel. and someone who is very different by nature with, compared with president obama. melissa: so what do you think he would do on day one that would stop iran in its tracks? >> he has himself said that he is ready to tough inch the sanctions which are already in place. and, i also believe that it would send sufficient signals to tehran they need to capitulate their nuclear program. they have absolutely no opportunity to once more use the delaying tactics to give...
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with israel where we have unprecedented military and intelligence cooperation including dealing with the iranian threat. lou: did the president's performance appeal to the undecided vors? two weeks until we vote the president gives up the important swing state they have conceded another stat to governor romney. trailing in the polls the president has a new plan t create jobs. is that another amateur is that another amateur move? i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah, you -- you know, everything can cost wards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, dad -- e-trade financial consultants. so i can just go talk to 'em? just walk right in and talk to 'em. dude, those guys are pros. they'll hook you up with a solid plan. they'll -- wa-- wa-- wait a minute. bobby? bobby! what are you doing, man? i'm speed dating! [ male announcer ] get investing advice for your family at e-trade. to start her own interior design business. she's got a growing list of clients she keeps in touch with using e-mail mark
with israel where we have unprecedented military and intelligence cooperation including dealing with the iranian threat. lou: did the president's performance appeal to the undecided vors? two weeks until we vote the president gives up the important swing state they have conceded another stat to governor romney. trailing in the polls the president has a new plan t create jobs. is that another amateur is that another amateur move? i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah, you...
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also israel reignites the palestinian conflict by reportedly shelling garza wounding seven people this is television of pushes ahead with efforts to barricade itself from its hour of make. more of those stories are a lot more as well with me in detail in half an hour when i was kevin i went to when the let's return to washington d.c. for the second half of tonight's alona show. our guys time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to our brilliant are engaging viewer comments on facebook twitter and you tube because when you've got something to say i listen now i have a lot of them really quick up there and my prompter so hold that i'll get to i'll get to them in a minute. all right so our first person was talking about our little experiment that we did yesterday talking about school lunches where you have nice having quite a few snacks and so this commenter said if someone tells me pizza is a vegetable i'll tell them to come back once they grow one who ever came up with that deserves being pointed and laughed at when ever they're seen in public do it it's free now we had
also israel reignites the palestinian conflict by reportedly shelling garza wounding seven people this is television of pushes ahead with efforts to barricade itself from its hour of make. more of those stories are a lot more as well with me in detail in half an hour when i was kevin i went to when the let's return to washington d.c. for the second half of tonight's alona show. our guys time for you said it i read it right take time to respond to our brilliant are engaging viewer comments on...
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-israel religions? does it become tougher for u.s. leaders to criticize aspects of israeli policy. >> they need us a wee bit more, but i think unbalanced our interests generally overlap. not necessarily with any one leader or government, but certainly in general, israel needs to be secure. it needs peace to be secure and therefore, it sometimes need a little bit of a prod iding from the the united states about the terms of a peace deal that it might pursue. so i don't think there's any fundamental change here. the change would come if morsi just decided he didn't want the treaty anymore. >> okay, some conservatives in this country, as you know, have been complaining that since mubarak was forced out that president obama has quote lost egypt. i guess that undoubtly points to evidence of that. what do you make of those claims, the almost absurd notion that the president of the united states can control an arab yo upizing in egypt? >> there is not obviously a big set of decisions we have to make in the future and i'm not sure this would
-israel religions? does it become tougher for u.s. leaders to criticize aspects of israeli policy. >> they need us a wee bit more, but i think unbalanced our interests generally overlap. not necessarily with any one leader or government, but certainly in general, israel needs to be secure. it needs peace to be secure and therefore, it sometimes need a little bit of a prod iding from the the united states about the terms of a peace deal that it might pursue. so i don't think there's any...
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. >> i will stand with israel if they are attacked. >> we will stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we have their back. >> reporter: one of the few times mr. romney went hard at the president referred to this private remark caught on tape earlier this year between mr. obama and the former russian president dmitri medvedev. >> i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. and i'm certainly not going to say to him, i'll give you more flexibility after the election. after the election, he'll get more backbone. >> reporter: the president got traction responding to this frequent attack line from mr. romney. >> the president began an apology tour of going to various nations in the middle east and criticizing america. and by the way, you skipped israel our closest friend in the region. but you went to the other nations. >> when i went to israel as a candidate, i didn't take donors. i didn't attend fund-raisers. >> reporter: perhaps the most memorable push back on the night? this one on the strength of america's military. >> our
. >> i will stand with israel if they are attacked. >> we will stand with israel. and if israel is attacked, we have their back. >> reporter: one of the few times mr. romney went hard at the president referred to this private remark caught on tape earlier this year between mr. obama and the former russian president dmitri medvedev. >> i'm not going to wear rose colored glasses when it comes to russia or mr. putin. and i'm certainly not going to say to him, i'll give you...
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>> it will probably be sponsored by israel. they would like to push the iranians to get some sort of closure on this iranian nuclear facilities, but you risk war. the middle east is about to light up on fire. >> it is your view that israel will consult the u.s. before considering an attack on iran? >> the record is let's do it. we should be asking why haven't they done it already without all these threats. it's a quick overflight. they have incredible air force. they could degrade the facilities without american help. they could scare the iranians in that sense and why not just do it. why go at it in the press like this. >> you're really suggesting that not with standing the close relationship between america and israel they would independently and without any recourse to a discussion of any kind with the president, would go and launch an attack on iran? >> this prime minister in israel, absolutely. they did it with syria. they'll just do it. when their survival, when they truly believe their survival is in question, they will
>> it will probably be sponsored by israel. they would like to push the iranians to get some sort of closure on this iranian nuclear facilities, but you risk war. the middle east is about to light up on fire. >> it is your view that israel will consult the u.s. before considering an attack on iran? >> the record is let's do it. we should be asking why haven't they done it already without all these threats. it's a quick overflight. they have incredible air force. they could...
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if israel attacks tirana, that will make it our war. -- if israel attacks iran. guest: there is almost no way to avoid being drawn into conflict if, in fact, the israelis take a preemptive action against the iranian nuclear program. we have seen in the past few days, regarding the actions they are prepared to take in retaliation, those will impact directly american interests whether it is in the gulf, the strait of hormuz, or american allies in the region and other priscilla is in the gulf, potentially even terrorist actions directed towards americans. they will be a very real concerns, and that is what has prompted this effort to reach some kind of understanding before the israelis decide to take this kind of action. host: talking about the threat of the israeli government, the iranian nuclear program, and you can join the conversation on their facebook page. facebook.com/cspan, and some of you are already waiting in. miles on the republican line from staten island. good morning. caller: good morning, c-span. i suspect israelis got nuclear weapons to defend them
if israel attacks tirana, that will make it our war. -- if israel attacks iran. guest: there is almost no way to avoid being drawn into conflict if, in fact, the israelis take a preemptive action against the iranian nuclear program. we have seen in the past few days, regarding the actions they are prepared to take in retaliation, those will impact directly american interests whether it is in the gulf, the strait of hormuz, or american allies in the region and other priscilla is in the gulf,...
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and he responded as he so often does, by hurling insult after insult at the israeli leader and the israel as a country. in general, he mocked that cartoonish-like bomb, as you saw that prime minister netanyahu used as a visual prop in his speech and then mocked israel's threats to attack iran's nuclear facility. listen. >> my war, whoever talks of war is retarded. whoever talks of war is condemned. suddenly their psychological war is undermined, red lines and white line, black line and the like is for children. this is the level of this guy's character. it appeared that his drawing was not good. he got it drawn bay machine. his drawing will get better if he practices more. >> responses we are used to from him. he also went on to say that iran's nuclear ambitions are purely for peaceful purposes, but of course, bill, iran continues to refuse to let those u.n. weapons inspectors in to verify that point. >> bill: there are signs that you have here that the sanctions that have been put in place against the iranian government are working. >> yeah. this is really interesting. iran's currency ha
and he responded as he so often does, by hurling insult after insult at the israeli leader and the israel as a country. in general, he mocked that cartoonish-like bomb, as you saw that prime minister netanyahu used as a visual prop in his speech and then mocked israel's threats to attack iran's nuclear facility. listen. >> my war, whoever talks of war is retarded. whoever talks of war is condemned. suddenly their psychological war is undermined, red lines and white line, black line and...
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i went to the holocaust museum there to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond with israel will be unbreakable. >>> back here in the states the president is using all his star power to reach voters before tuesday. take a listen to dave matthews in virginia this weekend. ♪ >>> on monday the president can count on even more star-studded support. he is hitting wisconsin, ohio, and iowa with the boss, bruce springsteen, and then jayzee is expected to join them in ohio. >>> cnn -- oh, my goodness there. "snl" -- wow. i'm so used to saying cnn. "snl" had a good fun with the fall-out including chris christie's glowing review of the president. take a look at this. >> also, i would like to give sincere thanks to president obama for how he handled the situation. on election day i'm voting for mitt romney, but if i had to pick one guy to have my back in a crisis, it would be barack obama. he has been amazing. you know, so kind, such a leader, a true inspiration. again, being a good soldier, i'll vote for romney, but i'm going to hate it. do you hear me? >> early voting has come to a
i went to the holocaust museum there to remind myself the nature of evil and why our bond with israel will be unbreakable. >>> back here in the states the president is using all his star power to reach voters before tuesday. take a listen to dave matthews in virginia this weekend. ♪ >>> on monday the president can count on even more star-studded support. he is hitting wisconsin, ohio, and iowa with the boss, bruce springsteen, and then jayzee is expected to join them in...
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is israel. but he thinks in a global economy if it doesn't much matter where an american company puts their money or where they create jobs. over the past few days, i have been here in how ohio. i turn on the television in the morning or late at night. i see this at they are running in black-and-white on tv with president obama -- i am paraphrasing. it says, president obama wants to ship your jobs to china. romney is going to get tough on china. he will bring jobs back to ohio and so on. china? creating jobs? i mean, incredible. absolutely incredible. if it wasn't so important, it would be humorous. this comes from a man in the national press as a pioneer of outsourcing jobs from ohio to other places. this man, who said that if the federal government got involved with helping the automobile industry restructure, general motors would be the walking dead. this man who criticize the president and me for being protectionists, when we stood up to china and said, to not deal in fairly with our tire ma
is israel. but he thinks in a global economy if it doesn't much matter where an american company puts their money or where they create jobs. over the past few days, i have been here in how ohio. i turn on the television in the morning or late at night. i see this at they are running in black-and-white on tv with president obama -- i am paraphrasing. it says, president obama wants to ship your jobs to china. romney is going to get tough on china. he will bring jobs back to ohio and so on. china?...
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relations overseas particularly with israel. that's where mitt romney's headed here, after he goes to the olympics in london and he'll go to poland as well. but this speech is about whether this is going to matter in november. will people -- will voters around the country care about foreign policy matters come november? i think that's a question that the romney camp and the obama camp have to ask themselves. president obama obviously has some victories that he can trump, obviously killing bin laden at the number one point on that list. mitt romney's trying to go after him on other chings, china, relations with china, israel, as we mentioned. a very sweeping speech, powerful speech delivered by mitt romney and got some warm applause from the vfw veterans here today. >> ron mott, thank you so much. mitt romney headed to poland and israel. i misspoke, i said the czech republic. i want to dri in andrea mitchell who also heard the speech. that was a wide range -- wide ranging speech there. he did not mention syria at all. >> and in f
relations overseas particularly with israel. that's where mitt romney's headed here, after he goes to the olympics in london and he'll go to poland as well. but this speech is about whether this is going to matter in november. will people -- will voters around the country care about foreign policy matters come november? i think that's a question that the romney camp and the obama camp have to ask themselves. president obama obviously has some victories that he can trump, obviously killing bin...
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why would israel even get involved with just a statement like that? what is their skin in this game? >> it is very important for the israelis. the next victim or the next target of a use of these weapons after the syrians themselves eitherpy the regime, by the allies of the regime to deflect attention would be israel or by other radical groups inside syria who would say look, we're using weapons against israelis, both sides in syria may be tempted to use them against israel. israel is sending a warning inside syria, saying we know exactly what is happening. actually they do have a lot ofntelligence inside syria. this statement is mostly a warning to those who have weapons in their hands. adam: we don't have any hard evidence that chemical weapons have been used but i do believe it was al jazeera reported there were victims who suffered temporary blindness. there were chemical burns. didn't they report that chemical weapons had been used and wouldn't that be sufficient? >> yes, adam i saw that, i saw tt a couple hours after it did happen. there was a f
why would israel even get involved with just a statement like that? what is their skin in this game? >> it is very important for the israelis. the next victim or the next target of a use of these weapons after the syrians themselves eitherpy the regime, by the allies of the regime to deflect attention would be israel or by other radical groups inside syria who would say look, we're using weapons against israelis, both sides in syria may be tempted to use them against israel. israel is...
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we are in the gulf or we could be in israel. our true ally is israel. since 2000 they have been pumping oil by the billions of barrels. people do not know about this and they are not a part of opec. if we send troops to israel to protect them, they are our most important ally. what iran is trying to do, what syria is trying to get into israel. they want to take over israel. the bigger plans russian help in these countries. host: is that really the motivation by iran? to get into israel? guest: i think there is a religious and ideological element to some degree. but i think we have seen since 1979 that the iranian government, despite rhetoric, has been pragmatic with security policy. that said, by pursuing nuclear weapons, which iraq things continues -- which iran things continues to its security. so, i think israel is right that a nuclear iran would pose an existential threat. i do not think iran would intentionally use weapons against israel of them acquired them, but there's always a possibility that within a crisis that could be an accidental nuclear
we are in the gulf or we could be in israel. our true ally is israel. since 2000 they have been pumping oil by the billions of barrels. people do not know about this and they are not a part of opec. if we send troops to israel to protect them, they are our most important ally. what iran is trying to do, what syria is trying to get into israel. they want to take over israel. the bigger plans russian help in these countries. host: is that really the motivation by iran? to get into israel? guest:...